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When It Was Dark

When It Was Dark by Guy Thorne is available here as the complete text, split into 1355 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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When It Was Dark: The Story of a Great Conspiracy by Guy Thorne. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #39666.

33 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 33 chapters

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When It Was Dark

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  1. Chapter I 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 94 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 87 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 69 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 68 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of When It Was Dark by Guy Thorne carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #39666, divided into 33 chapters and 1355 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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When It Was Dark is presented in 33 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting When It Was Dark as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1355 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 33 chapters.

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Is this the complete text of When It Was Dark?

Yes. All 6775 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #39666 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of When It Was Dark is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #39666, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does When It Was Dark take to read?

About 564 minutes of reading across 1355 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in When It Was Dark

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Hinchcliffe
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Sexton
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Looked
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Philemon
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